Proverbial Wisdom
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
247.
One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name.
Old Mortality, Ch. XXXIV
248. The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.
Felix Holt, Ch. XIII
249. A double error sometimes sets us right.
Festus (Festus), Bk. XXIV
250. Necessity is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
Speech on the Indian Bill. Nov. 1783
251. Brevity is the soul of wit.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act II, Scene II
252. Power is the grim idol that the world adores.
Political Essays. On the Connexion between
Toad-Eaters and Tyrants